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GSG Speech
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GSG Speech

Tracy Palandjian, CEO of Social Finance, gave a welcome speech at The Global Steering Group for Impact Investing Summit in 2018. In her speech, she discusses impact investing in various country contexts and how the…

Tracy Palandjian

Harnessing Data for Insights and Outcomes
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Harnessing Data for Insights and Outcomes

Marion County wants to serve the at-risk youth in their community and set them on the path to a better life. And it wants to do more than expand services — it wants to know…

Alexandra Cosman

TEDx Chicago: An Uncommon Bond for the Common Good
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TEDx Chicago: An Uncommon Bond for the Common Good

An accidental entrepreneur, Tracy Palandijan left the private sector to co-found Social Finance. The nonprofit is building a new model to finance social change, enlisting private capital and rallying uncommon partners around a common cause:…

Tracy Palandjian

Supporting the Holistic Person: Mental Health and Pay for Success
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Supporting the Holistic Person: Mental Health and Pay for Success

Many of our projects at Social Finance address mental health challenges, either directly or indirectly. These projects span workforce development, criminal justice, family stability and healthcare.

Elly Bringaze

New Collaborations to Break the Cycle of Incarceration
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New Collaborations to Break the Cycle of Incarceration

In determining whether our correctional systems are succeeding, we focus on metrics like recidivism — the tendency of a convicted criminal to reoffend. What these metrics fail to explain are the contributing factors that so…

SIPPRA Convening Looks to Future of Pay for Success
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SIPPRA Convening Looks to Future of Pay for Success

Last Thursday evening, government leaders, service providers and impact investors gathered in one of the largest meeting rooms in the Capitol to celebrate the Social Impact Partnerships to Pay for Results Act (SIPPRA), the historic federal…

Incorporating Payment Incentives for Early Childhood Outcomes in Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Contracts in Connecticut
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Incorporating Payment Incentives for Early Childhood Outcomes in Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Contracts in Connecticut

Social Finance partnered with the Connecticut Office of Early Childhood (OEC) to pilot home-visiting initiative designed to improve early childhood mental health outcomes and respond to adverse childhood experiences.

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